{"id":57869,"date":"2026-06-07T14:45:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T14:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/57869\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T14:45:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T14:45:33","slug":"protesters-gather-to-oppose-gaza-march-in-scarva-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/57869\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters gather to oppose Gaza march in Scarva \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Protesters have gathered in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/co-down\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/co-down\">Co Down<\/a> to oppose a pro-Palestinian march as it passes through the village of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/scarva\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/scarva\">Scarva.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Crowds assembled in the rain in the mainly unionist village on Saturday morning to await participants in the \u2018Great March for Gaza and International Justice\u2019, which had earlier left Lurgan in Co Armagh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 25-mile march to Omeath, to highlight the plight of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of Israeli forces, is organised by the Lurgan branch of the Irish Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (IPSC).<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A heavy police presence was visible as groups of protestors, some with faces covered, began lining Scarva\u2019s Legananny Road, which overlooks a stretch of the Newry Canal Towpath \u2013 the route of the IPSC march.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/belfast-man-who-went-to-auction-to-support-friend-but-ended-up-buying-carnegie-library-for-90k-talks-about-plan-for-crosscommunity-space-5Y3TAOCIK5BFPLTSQCLXMFSHAU\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"&#x2018;I went to auction to support a friend, but ended up buying Carnegie Library for &#xA3;90k&#x2019;: Belfast man&#x2019;s vision for Oldpark restoration project\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/XYV2THZRQZDLTJLC6KEYKTXLCY.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/cash-machinery-and-it-equipment-among-almost-400000-worth-of-civil-service-assets-reported-stolen-FYAWTDQQ4ZABZKFX7AM7FEVBIM\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Cash, machinery and IT equipment among almost &#xA3;400,000 worth of civil service assets reported stolen\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IBRKAJMHXVPE3ME4GL7LANSKIA.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"The &#x2018;Great March For Gaza&#x2019; leaving Lurgan, Co Armagh, walking 25 miles from Lurgan to Newry, the length of the Gaza Strip in aid of Palestine Aid Ireland and Children Not Numbers. PICTURE: MAL MCCANN\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WJUM3KXOWBDC7AYAKXBEANT644.jpeg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>The \u2018Great March For Gaza\u2019 leaving Lurgan. PICTURE: MAL MCCANN <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Parades Commission has granted permission for the IPSC march &#8211; thought to number up to 1,500 people \u2013 to pass through Scarva with some restrictions, including that no emblems be displayed, and that participants refrain from singing or chanting on the towpath.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The counter-protest by the Scarva Concerned Residents Group has also been granted permission to take place by the Parades Commission \u2013 with restrictions including that they refrain from sectarian or provocative behaviour \u2013 along with a sponsored walk by the Markethill Volunteers Flute Band that was ruled must take place later on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The band said earlier this week that its members would now be joining in the residents\u2019 protest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">They said in a statement posted to social media that they wanted to see \u201cmen, women and children out in huge numbers in support of a common cause\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The damp conditions appear to have kept numbers down slightly as protestors unfurled a large banner featuring an Israeli flag on the road overlooking the towpath route ahead of the IPSC marchers\u2019 arrival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A joint statement from DUP MLAs earlier in the week said there was \u201cunderstandable anger\u201d in Scarva \u201cwhen an overtly political demonstration is brought into an area despite clear local opposition and after the scenes witnessed previously\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Protesters have gathered in Co Down to oppose a pro-Palestinian march as it passes through the village of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[2947,90,32,28211,5,6],"class_list":["post-57869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uk","tag-co-down","tag-gaza","tag-palestine","tag-scarva","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116709367701857349","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}